I would love to show you pictures...
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elfsI'd love to show you pictures, But I don't have access to the repository on my personal webserver, so you'll just have to imagine the Christmas tree we've set up. It's a monster, fully eight feet high. It's got lots of lights, although only the skirt set blink at the moment. It's covered in glass ball ornament, glass icicle ornaments with gold leaf ribbon, candy canes and ornamentas knick-knacks given to us by family over the years. Including a minature Starfleet Voyage, floating through the greenery.
We bought this monster at a u-cut lot down in southeeastern King County. After tramping through the planted forest to find just the right tree, the girls picked this huge bush of a tree. I cut it with the saw provided and Omaha held it steady. We carted it back to the barn, where the farmhands baled it for us. The girls were thrilled, both to be outdoors on a sunny but blustery day and to be picking a tree.
When we got home, we had to cut both the top and the base down just so it would fit in the house, and we had to vacuum repeatedly because the tree was crawling with spiders. But we eventually got it under control, and the girls had a wonderful time installing the hooks onto the ornaments and then hanging them. Omaha and I did the top of the tree.
Because we had had Kouryou-chan's choice, pizza, the night before, tonight we made Yamaarashi-chan's choice of tacos. That was fun. (Taco seasoning: 1/2 cup onion flakes, 3 tbsp ground cumin, 1 1/2 tsps chili powder, cayenne pepper up to 1/2 tsp, and 1/2 tsp garlic flakes. We skip the cayenne pepper for the girls; they're not spicy food kids. Use 2 to 3 tbsp per pound of meat and 1/2 cup water per pound of meat. Brown meat first, then simmer for 10 minutes in water and seasoning.)
Setting up the tree took so long that we ate late, and I had to put the girls to bed immediately afterwards. Yamaarashi-chan read from her dinosaur book, Maia, and Kouryou-chan from Charlotte's Web.
We bought this monster at a u-cut lot down in southeeastern King County. After tramping through the planted forest to find just the right tree, the girls picked this huge bush of a tree. I cut it with the saw provided and Omaha held it steady. We carted it back to the barn, where the farmhands baled it for us. The girls were thrilled, both to be outdoors on a sunny but blustery day and to be picking a tree.
When we got home, we had to cut both the top and the base down just so it would fit in the house, and we had to vacuum repeatedly because the tree was crawling with spiders. But we eventually got it under control, and the girls had a wonderful time installing the hooks onto the ornaments and then hanging them. Omaha and I did the top of the tree.
Because we had had Kouryou-chan's choice, pizza, the night before, tonight we made Yamaarashi-chan's choice of tacos. That was fun. (Taco seasoning: 1/2 cup onion flakes, 3 tbsp ground cumin, 1 1/2 tsps chili powder, cayenne pepper up to 1/2 tsp, and 1/2 tsp garlic flakes. We skip the cayenne pepper for the girls; they're not spicy food kids. Use 2 to 3 tbsp per pound of meat and 1/2 cup water per pound of meat. Brown meat first, then simmer for 10 minutes in water and seasoning.)
Setting up the tree took so long that we ate late, and I had to put the girls to bed immediately afterwards. Yamaarashi-chan read from her dinosaur book, Maia, and Kouryou-chan from Charlotte's Web.
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Date: 2004-12-20 01:06 am (UTC)Maia
Date: 2004-12-20 11:22 am (UTC)